Is the Flash Scale of the Universe Animation Still Relevant?

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The Flash Scale of the Universe animation is recognized for its beauty and effectiveness as a teaching tool. It features a slider that allows users to control the scale, enhancing the interactive experience. The animation highlights the uncertainty in lengths shorter than 10-16 meters, where concepts like strings and quantum foam are still speculative. Despite being an older resource, its relevance continues as evidenced by multiple discussions about it. The ongoing interest underscores its value in educational contexts.
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It's beautiful and could be a great teaching tool.

As it says around 10-16 meters, "lengths shorter than this are not confirmed"
so there is a bit of terra incognita where be strings and quantum foam speculated.

It's very nice to have control of the the scale by dragging the slider and also that you can give it a shove and it will coast for a ways.

I had not seen it.
 

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